Hello,

Welcome and thank you for taking the time to visit my donation page. Donations on this page are vital for helping me cover travel fees to Malawi and helping make this project sustainable. 

If you are interested in donating to our Team Fund, which helps to fund our partners in Malawi, please click here. Eighty percent of Team Fund donations will go to our partners in Malawi and twenty percent will subsidize student in-country fees. 

My name is Matthew and I am one of the co-founders of this project and a final year medicine student at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI). It is an incredible honor to help lead and develop RCSI’s first ever student-led global health initiative in Malawi and we can't do it without your help. During our needs assessment in 2025, I was struck by Malawi's culture of kindness and innovation, and I am looking forward to helping progress this partnership for years to come. 

Your help towards this initiative will go a long way and here’s why... 

In the southern lakeside district of Mangochi, Malawi, access to health care and HIV prevention is taking a hard hit.

Following a recent freeze of USAID funding, Malawi, a country where USAID previously covered ~13% of the national budget (1), is facing a public health crisis. Clinics are understaffed, supplies have run dry, and vital HIV prevention programs like PrEP have been abruptly halted. For communities like Mangochi, this will have devastating consequences. As it stands children are diagnosed with HIV without proper support, teenagers go without proper medication and most community members must travel all the way to the capital just to learn basic sexual health information. This is where you can help us make a difference.

Why This Matters For Malawi?

• RCSI students will contribute to local health universities near Blantyre, Malawi focusing on aspects such as:

• Cultural and knowledge exchange

• Research collaboration

Students will assist operations at Mulibwanji Hospital by:

• Supporting clinical tasks

• Reducing staff workload

• Assisting with hospital maintenance

• Engaging in community outreach efforts

Students may support projects including:

• Under-five clinics, providing preventative and curative care for children under the age of five.

Students will raise funds to support local medical needs, including:

• General hospital supplies

• Medications such as HIV PreP

• Menstrual hygiene kits

• Nutritional supplements (e.g., oral rehydration solutions)

Why This Matters For Students?

• Students will gain real-world global health experience through direct involvement in care and education

• Students will collaborate with local medical students and professionals, fostering cross-cultural exchange

• Students will attend academic courses near Blantyre, Malawi

Students will participate in:

• Project design

• Data collection

• Fundraising initiatives

• On-the-ground implementation of health projects

Students will learn essential skills in:

• Ethical global health engagement

• Cultural competency

• Health system navigation in low-resource settings